River tubing around Texas

October 18, 2013 |Carrie Taylor

Tubing: It's one of Texans' favorite summer pastimes.

Sharon Steinmann

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A tuber gets ready to go down a chute on the Comal River in New Braunfels Sunday July 30, 2006. New Braunfels police are cracking down on noise, volume drinking devices and Jell-O shots on the Comal River, the shorter of the two tubing rivers that run through this city about 30 miles northeast of San Antonio. The City Council has upped to $500 the maximum fine for violating a noise ordinance that says music from stereos shouldn't be heard more than 50 feet away. It also banned beer bongs and is considering more bans on evening noise and Jell-O shots. About 70 percent of the city's annual tourism revenue comes during the summer months, most from water recreation.
Sharon Steinmann/ Houston Chronicle

Sharon Steinmann

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A tuber gets ready to go down a chute on the Comal River in New Braunfels Sunday July 30, 2006. New Braunfels police are cracking down on noise, volume drinking devices and Jell-O shots on the Comal River, the shorter of the two tubing rivers that run through this city about 30 miles northeast of San Antonio. The City Council has upped to $500 the maximum fine for violating a noise ordinance that says music from stereos shouldn't be heard more than 50 feet away. It also banned beer bongs and is considering more bans on evening noise and Jell-O shots. About 70 percent of the city's annual tourism revenue comes during the summer months, most from water recreation.
Sharon Steinmann/ Houston Chronicle